Connecticut River Watershed Survey Reports
The US Department of Agriculture was already actively engaged in water control and management issues prior to the enactment of the Flood Control Acts of 1936 and 1944. Pursuant to the 1936 Act, and the extensive flooding of 1936 and 1938, the USDA conducted an extensive survey of the Connecticut River Watershed.
Issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1950 in compliance with the Flood Control Act of 1936, these flood reports present the results of a survey and the outline of a program of land use and management developed to alleviate flood and sediment problems in Connecticut River Watershed. The collection includes both a preliminary draft (in typescript) and completed report and appendix of the survey, with the final reports marked “Confidential. For Departmental review only.”
Background on United States, Dept, of Agriculture
The US Department of Agriculture was already actively engaged in water control and management issues prior to the enactment of the Flood Control Acts of 1936 and 1944. Pursuant to the 1936 Act, and the extensive flooding of 1936 and 1938, the USDA conducted an extensive survey of the Connecticut River Watershed.
Contents of Collection
Issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1950 in compliance with the Flood Control Act of 1936, these flood reports present the results of a survey and the outline of a program of land use and management developed to alleviate flood and sediment problems in Connecticut River Watershed. The collection includes both a preliminary draft (in typescript) and completed report and appendix of the survey, with the final reports marked “Confidential. For Departmental review only.”
| Tentative report on flood control survey of the Connecticut River Watershed and program for runoff and watershed retardation and soil erosion prevention in the context of flood control | 1949 | ||
| Survey Report Connecticut River Watershed, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut | 1950 | ||
| Survey Report Connecticut River Watershed, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut. Appendix | 1950 |
Collection processed by Linda Seidman, 2002.
Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
)Cite as: Connecticut River Watershed Survey Report (MS 067). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.